Acts 15:40
And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
KJV
Παῦλος δὲ ἐπιλεξάμενος Σιλᾶν ἐξῆλθεν παραδοθεὶς τῇ χάριτι τοῦ κυρίου ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν,
Greek NT
Paulus vero, electo Sila, profectus est, traditus gratiæ Dei a fratribus.
Vulgate
but Paul chose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.
ASV
But Paul, choosing Silas, departed, being delivered by the brethren to the grace of God.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Παῦλος
paulos
noun · 158×
Σίλας
silas
noun · 12×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
παραδίδωμι
paradidomi
verb · 119×
χάρις
charis
noun · 155×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἐξέρχομαι
exerchomai
verb · 221×
ἐπιλέγομαι
epilegomai
verb · 1×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: κυρίου | WH/Treg/NIV: κυρίου | RP: θεοῦ
- κυρίου — SBLGNT
- κυρίου — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- θεοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:10 — But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
- 2Cor 11:28 — Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
- Acts 11:23 — Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
- Acts 13:3 — And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
- Acts 14:26 — And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
- Acts 14:26 — And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.
- Acts 15:22 — Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among t
- Acts 15:22 — Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among t